Assessment

Seminar participation 20%, final essay 80%

Module Aims

This module is a reading course in which students read, analyse, and write about the various proofs for the existence of God that have been offered in the history of philosophy. As a reading course, there is an emphasis on the close reading of the primary sources and their analysis. Students will have the opportunity to read and analyse various proofs classically categorised as cosmological, ontological, and design.

Learning Outcomes

• — Read a primary philosophical text.
• — Describe the positions of two philosophical authors.
• — Articulate opposing views on the existence of God.
• — Consider principled approaches to the issue of God’s existence.